Famous people near Tournes: 120 in Charleville-Mézières
No entry yet names Tournes as a birthplace. Charleville-Mézières’ 120 names make the longest list in Ardennes. After Charleville-Mézières, the next longest list in Ardennes is Sedan’s, with 95. In all of Ardennes, the famous people on record come from 121 towns.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Tournes (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Tournes as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Tournes
Of the towns around it, Charleville-Mézières has the most on record: 120.
Charleville-Mézières · 4 miArthur Rimbaud & 119 more
Villers-Semeuse · 6 miRoger Marche & 16 more
Revin · 10 miYazid Mansouri & 12 moreGINouzonville · 5 miGérard Istace & 3 moreBDVivier-au-Court · 9 miBruno Differding & 2 more
Bogny-sur-Meuse · 7 miMaurice Blin & 1 more
Vrigne aux Bois · 11 miJean-Nicolas GendarmeQuestions about famous people from Tournes
Who counts as from Tournes?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Tournes itself, matched by its INSEE code (a commune merged into it counts when the dates allow), whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. A hospital or neighbourhood recorded without its commune isn’t matched. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes aren’t listed.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata birthplace may be a hospital, a neighbourhood or a wider area, another commune, or missing, or their articles may not name a birthplace. We only list people the sources agree on; editing Wikidata or Wikipedia changes this page at the next refresh.
From Wikidata (CC0: birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations, how many Wikipedia and sister-site articles cover each person) and French and English Wikipedia (each person’s articles confirm the birthplace; linked, not quoted). Birthplaces are matched to the commune by INSEE code and its history of mergers (INSEE COG 2026). Ranked by the number of articles. Fields are read from Wikidata’s description and occupations. “The usual town”: everyone listed across French towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the license below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (5)
- Arthur Rimbaud: Étienne Carjat, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roger Marche: Winterbergen / Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Yazid Mansouri: Emilie Legentil, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Maurice Blin: FH BLIN, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Nicolas Gendarme: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.